Doctors Alter DNA For The First Time Inside Living Human
Move over Doctor Moreau, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute are honing in on your territory, only instead of creating hideous mutants they're trying to cure blindness.
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The Truth About The Student Who Just Discovered 17 New Planets
Here's the truth about Michelle Kunimoto, the University of British Columbia student who recently discovered 17 new planets with nothing but her wit, her will, and publicly available NASA internet archives.
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New Study Shows How To Slow Brain Aging
Pretty much everyone would love to live a good, long life. However, the whole "not dying until you're really old" thing is a bit of a two-edged sword: Unless your brain manages to keep up with the rest of your body, your golden years probably won't be quite as cozy as you'd hope.
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Scientists Are Using 'Tissue-Digging Nanodrills' To Kill Bacteria
Through the combined efforts of researchers at Rice University, Biola University, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the human race now possesses tiny, molecule-sized drills capable of destroying not just diseased cells, but entire multicellular microorganisms.
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How Deadly Is The Banana Spider To Humans?
Of the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
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The Most Obedient Cat Breed In The World
When you think of the word "obedient", all manner of examples come to mind. But it's a safe bet that none of those examples include the word "cat." But take heart, because there are indeed some breeds of cat that can be considered obedient. Even trainable.
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What Bill Nye Was Doing Before He Became 'The Science Guy'
Science rules. Perhaps nobody knows this better than William Sanford Nye, born in Washington, D.C. in 1955, and known to generations of kids — literally — as the Science Guy.
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Scientists Collect Dinosaur DNA From Fossilized Skull
In a development sure to alarm both Sam Neill and Chris Pratt, researchers announced the recent discovery of what they believe to be actual dinosaur DNA. So, you know, start booking your theme park tickets to the Isla Sorna now.
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The Effects Of Coronavirus Can Actually Be Seen From Space
There's a new Chinese phenomenon visible from space, and it has nothing to do with keeping the rampaging Mongol horde at bay. The effects of the novel Wuhan coronavirus--the germ responsible for the budding COVID-19 pandemic -- were picked up by a NASA satellite monitoring air pollution over China.
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Baby Bee Brains 'Permanently, Irreversibly' Damaged By Pesticides
As the world's population of bees continues its series of terrible, horrible, no good, bad days, a study has now revealed that pesticide use permanently damages the brains of baby pollinators, irrevocably impeding their ability to learn and function. That's the bad news. There's good news later.
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How Strong Is A Grizzly Bear?
Grizzly bears are every bit as grisly as they sound. Ruthless, lethal, and unrelenting, they can chase you at breakneck speed in the sense that they will speedily break your neck after they chase you.
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When You Stare At A Screen For Too Long, This Is What Happens
It's surprisingly easy to spend most of your waking hours in front of a screen. So what is all this time staring into the digital abyss really doing to our health?
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Why Coronavirus Treatments Might Not Be Affordable In The U.S.
Live Science reports that during a February 25, 2020 news conference, the CDC ominously acknowledged that the possibility of coronavirus spreading throughout the U.S. wasn't a matter of "if" but "when." Since then, "when" has become now. And it may cost us in more ways than one.
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The Truth About The Real 'Warp Drive'
It's the ultimate handwavey, science fiction trope. Engage the warp drive and you can move people through time and space faster than you can pronounce intergalactic mycelium network. And it's looking more possible than ever.
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The Surprising Trick To Keeping Mosquitos Out Of Your Yard
Mosquitos: they're nature's living pub darts. They're syringes that can have babies. They are, to put it bluntly, just the worst. But there's a natural solution.
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Scientists Claim To Discover Extraterrestrial Protein In Meteorite
Turns out, scientists don't even have to go into outer space to search for extraterrestrial life. Sometimes outer space just comes to them in the form of meteorites.
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Doctors Report First Known Case Of Person Who Urinates Alcohol
Talk about a microbrew. We've all had a light beer that tastes like pee, but how about pee that tastes like light beer? According to Science Alert, a woman in Pittsburgh, PA has been identified as the first known human to naturally produce ethyl alcohol in their urine.
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Visionary Physicist Freeman Dyson Dead At 96
Freeman Dyson -- physicist, mathematician, but also something of a philosopher, pondering such topics as the origin of life itself -- died February 28, 2020, at the age of 96.
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Astronomers Detect Biggest Known Explosion In The Universe
Astronomers have spotted a cosmic blast massive enough to make Jerry Bruckheimer blush. The explosion was so big, that researchers are saying it dwarfs every previously observed explosion in size and scale.
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The Truth About Earth's New Mini Moon
The NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey is credited for spotting a new orbiter during routine NEO observations on February 15th. Kacper Wierzchos of the Catalina Sky Survey tweeted the announcement, "Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3."
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The Truth About The Science Of Invisibility
If you could turn yourself invisible, would you use your powers for good or evil? Be honest. Thanks to science, you may one day have to consider this question seriously.
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The Truth About Antarctica's 'Blood Snow'
If the first images of record-breaking glacial melt in Antarctica didn't send you running for your climate comfort blanket, how about these latest images of bloody ice shelves calving into unforgiving seas?
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The Truth About The Pentagon's New Atomic Moon Rocket
Acting on a new directive to extend the orbital reach of satellites tens of thousands of miles in the direction of the moon, the shadowy R&D arm of the Pentagon is hard at work on a "nuclear thermal propulsion" engine.
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Real-Life People Who Had Medical Conditions Named After Them
Everyone wants to leave their mark on history, and there's no better way to do that than having something important named after you. Sometimes, that thing is a medical condition. What do you do to earn that? Here are real-life people who had medical conditions named after them.
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Discovery Of Space Time 'Ripples' May Explain Why The Universe Exists
A new study published in the journal Physical Review Letters may have the solution to science's most angst-ridden puzzle -- why the universe exists at all.
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Is Growing A Beard Bad For Your Skin?
You'd think that a beard would be a bacteria sanctuary, and the longer, the better for bacteria. Shaving must be healthy. Not necessarily.
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Armageddon: Scientists Develop System To Defend Against Killer Asteroids
In the last few decades we've gotten pretty good at tracking many of these potential doomsday rocks, but scientists remain at odds over what we could actually do to alter our fate if we discovered one on a collision course with Earth. Now we're working on a defense system.
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